POTD: Jegertroppen – World's First All-Female Special Forces Unit
TFB’s Photo Of The Day is where you can discover the World of firearms through the camera lens. Every day we run a new theme, a few selected pictures, and a short story and credit to the person behind the lens. Today we’re looking at some photos from 2013, from when the Norwegian Defense decided to establish a Special Forces unit only consisting of females. At the time, 2000 females were invited to apply to the unit. It was reported then to be the world’s first all-female special forces unit. The unit is called Jegertroppen (translated: Hunter Troop) and you can find their recruiting homepage here.
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So besides being female what distinguishes them from a male unit? What is their mission? I see no tactical advantage using them. Enlighten me.
These Amazons will be the trail blazers for other nations' "sister" SOF groups in the future .
But the Army's Delta Force has had a few of these exceptional women folded into the group
(Or so I've heard from a former NSA operator).